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Switch "Victor Wanyama" for "Carlos Alcaraz" and you've got a chant that's simple enough and about the right tempo for us 😂

Southampton doesn't have a bay? It has the solent and fawley power station... maybe we can incorporate that 😅

Two former academy players and club captains gracing the London Stadium atm. Highlights we've had some great times and sadly fallen a long way - but then hopefully its the start of a new exciting journey. Just a shame that we've got no real academy "stars" in the side currently, although i know smallbone is an academy lad.

Seen us looked to david Brooks. Would like us to be all over that if possible!

Exactly this. People who keep suggesting it are just missing the point entirely.

Disappointing but maybe not the end of the world - and we have had a very good month re catching ipswich overall. But play 5 at the back vs a team with 11men behind the ball for 45min and you don't deserve to win frankly. Noriwch threatened to do exactly that all game so no one can be surprised it happened. That first 45 the result of Martin not making the big call re Stephens/bednarek/THB? And i wonder how significant not having bednarek and THB next to each other was in the Norwich equaliser? Played through us like butter there without a single challenge being attempted. Ultimately though, this could prove to be a rueful 2 points dropped at the end of the season - hopefully not! I think Martin needs to sort out what he prefers tactically / selection wise going forward, upsetting the team and/or dropping players undeservedly to just fit in Stephens doesn't work. Also, personally a bit disappointed that we waited that long to bring Alcaraz on? We were clearly tiring and he adds a real quality and threat to our attack.

Get in! Much better this half. Fair play to Martin for switching it up.

Nice bit of time wasting / breaking up saints' game there by Rowe.

Much better now at least!

Fair advantage and good delayed booking from the ref there at least. Although i might have preferred a free kick.

Quite 🤣

What are you on about? He was in acres of space. A simple touch and turn inside would have opened up the entire goal to shoot at - 2 touches and a goal. No one is knocking Stephens, he did the best he could, but he's a cb playing at the expense of a more attacking player and that is probably a prime example of where that trade off doesn't work. Norwich are parking the bus, we don't need 5 defenders on the pitch.... How is that being turned into a "whipping boys" debate?! And as for "whipping boys" and specifically Manning - you have to be being deliberately obtuse if you're happy with how we're defending our left wing? Its completely unnecessary and leaving us wide open. Either thats on Manning (in which case i'd expect Martin to be sorting it at halftime), or its on Martin (and i hope he changes it). Manning hasn't done anything else wrong - people are just rightly concerned that we've got 5 defenders on the pitch and yet no left back every time Norwich counter! God forbid fans aren't happy about that...

Yeah he does. He did a lovely little take, turn, and low cross into the box earlier. But we've got some of the best wingers / attackers in the league who can do that job - what we need is a reliable defensive LB first and foremost.

Okay, let me explain. Basically every single time Norwich get the ball in the central midfield area, their player looks up (or doesn't every time thankfully). And out far on the right wing in acres of space is Stacey. Every time he is there and free. Where is manning you might ask? Marking no one and about 20yards away from him. Maybe he's been told to do that, but whatever it is, its Norwich's most likely route to getting a goal. Also, i think Stacey should have seen red for his tackle, so what i absolutely do not want is us to concede a goal to a diagonal pass out to stacey, to then assist a goal, and us lose 1-0.

How was that not a yellow for Nunez? Blatant kick/trip to stop our attack?

Prime example there, that chance should have fallen to a midfielder or attacker, instead it went to Stephens - Who much as i like him, can't finish as well as Alcaraz etc.

Looks like he's having a problem making a call on our 3 CB's, and rather than make the tough choice (which is to drop Stephens), he's decided to chicken out and change everything to fit him in. We look okay in possession, but its definitely impacting our attacking play.

Leeds winning

Norwich certainly looking the more dangerous atm. Manning's complete absence of defensive positioning is going to give me a heart attack 🤣 Need to get our noses in front!

Norwich almost score again. Imagine if they had wingers and strikers with a bit better product in the final 3rd 😰!!

Edozie's lucky he didn't get a broken ankle tbh. Hopefully not ligament damage.

Manning's defensive positioning is a real worry

Spin in how you want, but that is the reality. Lucky flag just saved us there. Unless we introduce a bit more penetration, we're playing into the norwich manager's plans tbh. If they had better players up front they'd likely have score by now.

Lots of possession, but no real chances. Whereas Norwich have had two dangerous breaks. I know we're on top, but need to get a couple of goals to be sure of the win.

A customary, "Lets be having you!!!!" and lets go!